Boxcar Group 6

86112 Grand Trunk Western - CN double door 2-pack. 2-pack contains one blue car and one brown car, shown here.
GTW had been controlled by the Canadian National for decades. In 1995, CN was privatized and began to replace the familiar GT logo with it ’s own CN noodle. This version includes CN ’s website address. Most cars with this lettering are blue but a portion of the fleet is
brown so we are including one in the 2-pack.

86121 Norfolk Southern -gray double door single car. 86122 2-pack.
In recent years,a portion of Norfolk Southern ’s massive auto parts box fleet has appeared in this rather glitzy scheme.This scheme even includes the name spelled out in a style not used on their locomotives.The inclusion of the stallion logo is also noteworthy.Perhaps the special treatment reflects the high value of the cargo carried.The three road numbers in this run are from cars built by Greenville in the early 70s.

86131 NYC -Conrail double door single car.
With the split of Conrail between Norfolk Southern and CSX looming, the road began marking cars destined for the CSX fleet with NYC reporting marks. Though few if any former New York Central cars still existed with their original numbers, the NYC reporting mark was still assigned to Conrail by the AAR. With the split of Conrail complete, the AAR reassigned the NYC reporting mark to CSX. NYC 241043 was originally built for Penn Central in their Despatch Shops.Since receiving it’s Conrail paint, the right door was replaced with an unpainted aluminum door from another car. Note also this car still has it ’s pre-1983 con-stencil format (the black and white boxes on the far right) although the data inside follows current practices.

86132 NYC -Conrail double door 2-pack.
Following the Conrail split, NYC 237739 had a left door replaced by CSX. The serviced door had come from a blue CSX or Chessie car and still had it ’s instruction lettering in yellow. NYC 239261 may have (probably did have)door work in it ’s past but it sports a matching set! Door work is common on these large cars due to body flex in the loading process.In fact, all doors must be opened during loading so the body will flex evenly. The doors must be opened and closed in a certain order based on instructions printed on the doors.